I got this information over at 'Slashdot' website this morning.
Here is a newspaper report about how the public testimony of renowned computer scientist regarding DIEBOLD's crooked voting machines is being swept under the rug in Maryland.
Crooked Voting Machine Coverup in MD
In other words, crooked elections are A-OK with the crooked Republicans in Maryland.
Of 26 identified flaws in the DIEBOLD software, only 3 have been certified as repaired. As if that is not bad enough, they have no plans to examine the other flaws and no certification program.
Combine this information with the 16,000 votes deducted from Al Gore's 2000 vote total in Florida by crooked voting machines and 10,000 appearing on another total -- in a county with only 600 registered voters -- and we have a major election scandal.
And this is the result of 'privatization' of voting... no wonder the Rethuglicans love 'privatization' so much. And they are hiding behind contract law to cover the slime...
If this is allowed to stand, it is the end of 'elections' in the US -- we will have an unauditable, crooked count that will guarantee the election of whomever the Republicans want...
Jeebus, it is just like Mugabe in Zimbabwe! Or Schevardnadze in European Georgia! ONLY SNEAKIER! DIRTIER! More UNDERHANDED and CORRUPT! Perfect for Rethuglicans!
I have absolutely NO FAITH in the accuracy of any election conducted with these crooked voting machines!
If we want free, fair, auditable elections in the American 'democracy' we had better get on the stick and get this fixed NOW!
We could win another election in 2004 and still get Bush for God's sake.
Anybody with some real money, like George Soros, or Warren Buffet, listening? How about donating some millions to the ACLU or EFF or both to fund decertifying these crooked voting machines.
We need a huge voting rights lawsuit filed immediately, if not sooner!